Panel catch



March 16,1937. NEFF 2,073,875

PANEL CATCH Filed June 27,.1955

INVENTOR. HARRY A. IVA-FF.

V ITW T604 JZMUM,

/ ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 16 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Belmont Casket Mfg. Company,

Columbus,

Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application June 27, 1935 Serial No. 28,763

2 Claims.

This invention relatesto closure fasteners, and in particular, to panel fasteners or panel catches employed for securing a panel or cover to an inclosure. The invention finds particularly useful application to the problem of holding down the lid or cap of a burial casket to the body thereof, or securing the hood of a grave vault to the base.

' One object of my invention is to provide a panel catch for securing a lid, of sheet metal construction, to a base or body of similarconstruction, this catch being composed of a screw block having a screw rod projecting therethrough, the lower portion of the screw rod being threaded for engagement with a nut or other threaded portion on the part to which the lid or panel is to be attached.

Another object is to provide a panel catch of the above-described construction, wherein the O screw block is counterbored to receive a screw collar onthe lower end of the screw rod, the screw block being preferably provided with a handle integral therewith or attached thereto.

Another object is to provide a panel catch for securing a sheet metal panel or lid to a sheet metal body, the panel catch consisting of a screw block inserted in an aperture or notch in the lid or panel with a screw rod projecting through the bottom flange or wall of the lid so as to engage a threaded portion on the part or body to which the lid is to be secured.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of the panel catch of my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the screw rod of the panel catch shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the threaded collar for the screw rod of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a bottom perspective view of the screw block for the panel catch shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the panel catch attached to the lid or panel and placed over a body portion prior to being secured thereto.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 but after the panel catch has been operated to secure the lid or panel to the body.

Referring to the drawing in detail, Figure 1 shows the panel catch of my invention as consisting of a body or screw block I, shown as having a rectangular cross section. To one side of this block I is attached a handle 2 having a neck 3, either integral with the screw block I or secured thereto by welding, brazing or other suit- 5 able means of attachment.

Passing longitudinally through the screwblock I is a bore 4 which terminates at the lower end of the block in an enlarged counterbore 5. The bore 4 is of a suitable size to receive the body I of the screw rod Ii, whose lower end is provided with threads, as at 8, (Figure 2) The upper end of the screw rod 6 carries a head 9 having a bore II] arranged to receive the upper end of the screw rod body I. These may be secured to one another by welding, brazing, shrinking or any 10 other suitable means of attachment. The periphery of the head 9 is provided with knurling II to facilitate the grasping and turning of the head. Mounted on the lower end of the screw rod 6 is a collar I2 (Figure 3). The collar I2 is 15 provided with an internally threaded bore I3, whereby it may be screwed onto the threaded portion 8 of the screw rod 6.

In assembly the screw rod, with its head 9 secured thereto, is inserted in the bore 4 of the 20 screw block I, and the collar I2 is then threaded onto the threaded portion 8 of the screw rod 6. When the collar I2 has been fully attached to the screw rod 6 the parts will have the appearance shown in Figure 1. The collar I2 is of a 25 diameter suitable to be loosely received within the bore 5, and comes to rest against the annular shoulder I 4 between the counterbore 5 and the longitudinal bore 4 when the screw rod 6 is pulled upward by means of the head 9 (Figure 1). 30

The panel catch is secured to the panel I5 (Figure 5) in any suitable manner, such as by being inserted in an aperture in the panel or in a notch in the edge thereof. The panel I5, which may be the lid or cap of a casket, is preferably 3 made of thin material, such as sheet metal.

If such is the case the panel catch may be passed through a notch or aperture in the upper edge portion I6 thereof, with its bottom wall I! held in engagement with the bottom portion I8 of the 40 panel by welding, brazing, threading or any other suitable means of attachment.

The body portion I9 of the casket, or other inclosure to which the panel or lid is to be secured, may likewise be of sheet metal con- 45 struction, as shown in Figures 5 and 6. In such event it may be provided with an aperture suitable for receiving the threaded end B of the screw rod 6. Beneath this aperture is arranged a threaded nut 20 having a suitably threaded 50 hole for receiving the threaded portion 8 of the screw rod.

In the use of the invention, assuming the panel catch to have been installed in the panel or lid in the manner previously described, the lid I5 is moved over the body IS, with the threaded ends 8 of the screw rod 6 in registry with the holes in the body l9 and nuts 20. This may be done by holding the lid with the assistance of the handles 2 on the screw blocks I. When the threaded ends 8 enter the threaded holes in the nuts 20 the screw rod 6 is pushed downward by means of its head 9, and then rotated until the threaded portion 8 passes downward in the nut 20 (Figure 6). When this occurs the lid or panel I5 is secured firmly to the body or base To release the catches and remove the lid the heads 9 are merely rotated in the opposite direction, whereupon the threaded portions 8 move upward out of the threaded holes in the nuts 20. The parts then assume the position shown in Figure 5. The threaded portion 8 can then be drawn upward into the counterbore 5 until the collar I2 is in engagement with the annular shoulder l4, whereupon the lid may be raised and removed, if desired.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as come within the scope of the claims and the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A combined handle and catch for securing a grave vault hood to a base having a nut member integrally secured thereto comprising a body having a bore, a threaded rod passing therethrough and adapted to cooperate with said nut member, means on said rod for retaining said rod within said bore, and a handle member secured to said body whereby, lifting stress applied to the handle member will be transmitted through the rod to the nut member, and the hood lifted by lifting of the base through the nut member.

2. A combined handle and catch for securing a grave vault hood to a vault base having a nut member integrally secured thereto comprising an elongated block having a bore and a counterbore and rigidly secured to said hood, a rod slidably mounted in said bore, a head on one end of said rod, the opposite end of said rod being threaded for cooperation with said nut on said base, a retaining collar threaded on said rod Within said counterbore, and a handle member secured to said block.

HARRY A. NEFF. 

